обретя

Bulgarian

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Slavic *obrěsti.

Verb

обретя • (obretja) first-singular present indicative, pf (dated, obsolete)

1. (transitive) to establish, to construe, to figure out
2. (transitive) to encounter, to stumble upon

Conjugation

    Conjugation of обре́тя (conjugation 2.1, perfective, transitive)

participles		present active participle	past active aorist participle	past active imperfect participle	past passive participle	verbal noun	adverbial participle
masculine	indefinite	—	обре́тил obrétil	обре́тел obrétel	обре́тен obréten		—
	definite subject form	—	обре́тилият obrétilijat	—	обре́теният obrétenijat
	definite object form	—	обре́тилия obrétilija	—	обре́тения obrétenija
feminine	indefinite	—	обре́тила obrétila	обре́тела obrétela	обре́тена obrétena
	definite	—	обре́тилата obrétilata	—	обре́тената obrétenata
neuter	indefinite	—	обре́тило obrétilo	обре́тело obrételo	обре́тено obréteno	—
	definite	—	обре́тилото obrétiloto	—	обре́теното obrétenoto	—
plural	indefinite	—	обре́тили obrétili	обре́тели obrételi	обре́тени obréteni	—
	definite	—	обре́тилите obrétilite	—	обре́тените obrétenite	—

person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present		обре́тя obrétja	обре́тиш obrétiš	обре́ти obréti	обре́тим obrétim	обре́тите obrétite	обре́тят obrétjat
imperfect		обре́тех obréteh	обре́теше obréteše	обре́теше obréteše	обре́техме obrétehme	обре́техте obrétehte	обре́теха obréteha
aorist		обре́тих obrétih	обре́ти obréti	обре́ти obréti	обре́тихме obrétihme	обре́тихте obrétihte	обре́тиха obrétiha
future	pos.	Use ще followed by the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́ма да followed by the present indicative tense
future in the past	pos.	Use the imperfect indicative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́маше да followed by the present indicative tense
present perfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and обре́тил m, обре́тила f, обре́тило n, or обре́тили pl
past perfect		Use the imperfect indicative tense of съм and обре́тил m, обре́тила f, обре́тило n, or обре́тили pl
future perfect		Use the future indicative tense of съм and обре́тил m, обре́тила f, обре́тило n, or обре́тили pl
future perfect in the past		Use the future in the past indicative tense of съм and обре́тил m, обре́тила f, обре́тило n, or обре́тили pl
renarrative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and обре́тел m, обре́тела f, обре́тело n, or обре́тели pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and обре́тил m, обре́тила f, обре́тило n, or обре́тили pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́мало да and the present indicative tense
present and past perfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and обре́тил m, обре́тила f, обре́тило n, or обре́тили pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past renarrative tense of съм and обре́тил m, обре́тила f, обре́тило n, or обре́тили pl
dubitative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and обре́тел m, обре́тела f, обре́тело n, or обре́тели pl
aorist		Use the aorist renarrative tense of съм and обре́тил m, обре́тила f, обре́тило n, or обре́тили pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect dubitative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́мало било́ да and the present indicative tense
present and past perfect		none
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past dubitative tense of съм and обре́тил m, обре́тила f, обре́тило n, or обре́тили pl
conclusive		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and обре́тел m, обре́тела f, обре́тело n, or обре́тели pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм and обре́тил m, обре́тила f, обре́тило n, or обре́тили pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect conclusive tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́мало е да and the present indicative tense
present and past perfect		Use the present/imperfect conclusive tense of съм and обре́тил m, обре́тила f, обре́тило n, or обре́тили pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past conclusive tense of съм and обре́тил m, обре́тила f, обре́тило n, or обре́тили pl
conditional		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
		Use the first aorist indicative tense of бъ́да and обре́тил m, обре́тила f, обре́тило n, or обре́тили pl
imperative		-	ти	-	-	вие	-
			обрети́ obretí			обрете́те obretéte

Alternative forms

• *обре́щя (*obréštja) (formally expected)
  • ⇒ обре́шна pf (obréšna), обре́швам impf (obréšvam) (dialectal)

Derived terms

(verbs):

• изобретя pf (izobretja), изобретявам impf (izobretjavam)

(personal names):

• Обре́тен m (Obréten)
• Обре́тина f (Obrétina)
• Обря́тко (Obrjátko)

References

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “обрешвам, обрешнувам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 755
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “обрѣ́тениѥ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 311
• “обрѣсти”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐbrʲɪˈtʲa]

Participle

обретя́ • (obretjá)

1. past adverbial perfective participle of обрести́ (obrestí)